Bermuda-based Arch Insurance Group, a subsidiary of Arch Capital Group Ltd., announced that Joseph C. O'Donnell has been promoted to executive vice-president responsible for Arch Insurance Group's Executive Assurance Division.

Mr. O'Donnell joined Arch in January 2006 as a senior vice-president in charge of Executive Assurance's field operations. Mr. O'Donnell has 22 years of industry experience, all within the Executive Assurance product family. He spent 21 years with Chubb serving in increasingly responsible underwriting positions and was the head of their specialty lines field operations.

Mr. O'Donnell has a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Indiana University, Pennsylvania. Mr. O'Donnell succeeds Tom Gamble who has left to pursue other interests.

Mr. O'Donnell will report to Mark Lyons, president and chief operating officer of Arch Insurance Group.

Arch Insurance Group Inc. is a division of Arch Capital Group Ltd., a Bermuda-based company that provides insurance and reinsurance on a worldwide basis through its wholly owned subsidiaries.